Penalty for damaging plantation

Penalty for damaging plantation.--(1) Whoever--

1. (a) sets fire to a Panchayat plantation or any part thereof or kindles any fire or keeps any fire burning in such manner as to endanger such plantation ;
2. (b) [E] causes any damage by negligence in felling any tree or cutting or removing any tree ;
3. (c) [c] in such plantation or part thereof, without permission of the prescribed authority, trespasses cattle or damages the same ;
4. (d) fells, girdles, lops or burns any tree or strips off the bark or leaves from or otherwise damages the same ;
5. (e) in such plantation or part thereof, without permission of the prescribed authority, trespasses cattle or damages the same ; shall be punishable by the Panchayati Adalat with fine which may extend to Rs. 15.

1. (2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit--
   • (a) any act done by permission in writing of the prescribed authority, or in accordance with the orders of the prescribed authority ;
   • (b) the exercise of any right created by grant or concession made on behalf of the prescribed authority.